[しょう, shou] (n, n-pref) (1) smallness; small item; (2) (See 小の月) short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); (3) (abbr) (See 小学校) elementary school; (4) younger or inferior (of two items or people with the same name); (5) (arch) unit of field area (approx. 400 sq m)#659
[アジアたいへいようせんそう(アジア太平洋戦争);アジア・たいへいようせんそう(アジア・太平洋戦争), ajia taiheiyousensou ( ajia taiheiyousensou ); ajia . taiheiyousensou ( ajia . taih] (n) (See 十五年戦争, 太平洋戦争) Asia-Pacific War (starting with the Manchurian Incident in 1931 and ending with the Japanese surrender in 1945)